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ForwardAdvances in Brain Injury Research: Transforming Lives Through Better Science
The conference will focus on advances in science related to brain injury, including concussion, TBI and spinal cord injury, as well as overall brain health. The objective is to accelerate the field’s evolution through the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based advances that can be applied to enhance clinical care and public health. Topics include concussion clinical profiles, brain injury and women's health, the effects of sports on brain health, novel markers of brain injury, and emerging findings on repetitive mild TBI, and spinal cord stimulation.
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Physician Assistant
Psychologist
Social Worker
Physical therapist
Athletic trainer
Learning Objectives
1. Describe comprehensive, multidomain assessment approach to concussion including symptoms, cognitive, vestibular, oculomotor, and emerging neuroimaging and fluid markers.
2. Apply concussion clinical profiles including anxiety/mood, cognitive-fatigue, migraine, ocular, vestibular to better conceptualize patients with concussion.
3. Analyze the evidence for emerging approaches to concussion clinical care.
4. Discuss the effects of concussion on women's reproductive and psychological health from a neurobiological perspective.
5. Describe emerging research findings regarding brain health including biomarker, neuroimaging, and pathology findings.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity is approved for the following credit: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and APA credit. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.